TPM Episode 124: Brett Tippie, Godfather of Freeride

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Brett Tippie is a living legend. He’s one of the influential pioneers of freeride mountain biking, he was the first to absolutely send it on a bike, ride insane lines, and became the face of a sport. On the podcast we talk about being a pro snowboarder on Burton’s pro team, some amazing Craig Kelly stories, bikes, partying too hard, and coming back from that to sponsors and emcee gigs. This is a funny history lesson that you do not want to miss.

Brett Tippie Show Notes:

1:30: Traveling family man, meeting at Rampage

5:00: Growing up moving, settling in Kamloops, and First Nation

11:00: Football, School, and snowboarding

17:00: Warren Miller and biking

21:00: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

22:30: The bikes in the 80’s, and Craig Kelly

34:00: Getting on the Burton Team, filming with Christian Begin, and Pulp Traction

45:00 Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

46:30: Kranked, money, travel, and change

50:00: Sending it, what is happening with snowboarding, and bike progression

63:00: Partying, problems, digging himself out though love

65:00: Tippie is back as an athlete and a personality

68:00: Inappropriate Questions

Transcript

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0:00.0	Look no further. This is the Powell Movement.
0:12.0	Welcome!
0:13.0	To the Powell Movement, I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week my guest is another legend.
0:19.0	And I know, you have to get sick of me saying I have a
0:22.4	legendary guest, as that is the term that gets thrown around loosely in the world these days.
0:27.7	But Brett Tippy is an absolute legend. This is a guy who was a pro snowboarder on a Burton roster
0:34.6	that included riders like Craig Kelly.
0:41.9	But not many remember him for his snowboarding, as Brett is looked at as one of the godfathers of Free Ride Mountain biking.
0:44.8	Brett has one of the bigger personalities that I've ever had on the show, and I think
0:48.8	you're going to like it.
0:50.0	Before we get into the podcast, I want to ask you to follow me on Instagram at the Powell Movement and support my amazing sponsors who make this show happen.
0:58.3	They are Evo, Spy, Stanley, and the Ten Barrel Brewery.
1:02.2	I want to keep these sponsors, and if that's going to happen, I really need you to use the codes and the ads to get the products that you're already going to buy.
1:09.7	You're going to save 25% on spy sunglasses.
1:12.9	You'll save 30% on everything Stanley makes.
1:15.8	You'll always get the best prices at Evo.
1:18.1	And 10 barrel is pretty tasty.
1:21.1	That's enough about sponsors.
1:23.1	Now, let's get into the life and times of Brett Tippy.
1:28.3	Hey, Mike, how are you, man?
1:29.6	I'm good, man. Thank you for making some time.
1:32.0	You bet you. Well, thanks for having me.
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